Pre-Service Education Advisor at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Job Description

• The Pre-service Education Advisor will report to the Deputy Country Director and will provide technical guidance to support the integration of maternal, newborn and child health competencies with pre-service education at public and private medical training Institutions.
• The Advisor will provide support to the overall program strategy development, incorporating competency-based training techniques.
• The Advisor will lead the team in completing a task analysis to identity core MNCH competencies needed, based on national needs, and then review and develop curricula to integrate new competencies with didactic and clinical teaching.
• S/He will mentor partners in Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Schools of Health Technology in Ebonyi and Kogi states, and collaborate with them in developing the five-year plan for transfer of responsibility and implementation.
• The Training Advisor will coordinate the strengthening of faculty members and preceptors ability to deliver the new pee-service curricula for comprehensive MNCH care.
• The Advisor works closely with the other MCSP technical staff as well as the SMOH to ensure harmonization of implementation efforts.
• S/He ensures timely and cost-effected program implementation and reporting of activities.

Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the pm- service program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of Nigeria and the USAID
• Provide technical guidance and develop or review curricula and teaching approaches> using proven training approaches and quality improvement methodologies
• Provide training of trainers, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities
• Ensure the dissemination of revised curricula on integrated maternal, newborn and child health education through cascade training
• Mentor partner institution’s staff during training implementation
• Assist with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required by key activeness and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required
• Contribute/coordinate With program’s MitE of activities to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with national standards
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders, including
• FMOH/SMOH officials, professional associations, in-service training organizations and other USC funded programs 4or smooth implementation
• Work collaboratively with other program team members to ensure that necessary program planning, devel9ment resource availability and management. activities function smoothly and efficiently
• Work with the MCSP partners including the professional associations to include in dissemination activities
• Coordinate with the DPD for successful delivery of technical assistance and implementation of program activities
• Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with other partners
• Liaise with Jhpiego's Nigeria Technical Leadership Office on activity design

Management:

• Contribute to annual wont planning, training plans and quarterly reports
• Provide mentoring to institutional partners during implementation of activities based on the plan developed fun transfer of responsibility
• Lead the development of the five-year plan for transfer of responsibility and implementation to institutional partners
• Work collaboratively with program team and headquarters staff to assure proper program and financial reporting, spending and compliance with program terms and conditions
• Evaluate program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
• Promote and support the dissemination of the program’s best practices and lessons learned among the program team, key stakeholders, including the MOM, local partners, CDC and PEPFAR collaborators
• Liaise with in-service training partners to build ox materials developed and best practices
• Ensure quality program implementation consistent with Kenyas national health guidelines
• Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donors including progress and annual reports

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Clinical degree with post-graduate level training in public health
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience as a trainer
• A minimum f seven years of mid- to senior-level experience in designing and implementing large, complex, MNCH programs
• Technical expertise in pre-service education
• At least two years of experience living and working in Nigeria, including supporting implementation of state-level programs
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to public health programs In developing countries, with emphasis on MNCH programs
• Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
• Strong change management, results-oriented and decision making skills
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Fluency In English. Hausa language proficiency Is an advantage
• Experience and understanding of the IMNCH framework
• Experience in providing technical assistance to USG-financed programs
• Ability to travel within the state.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable programs
• Expertise in research to practice-identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
• A team player accustomed to building teem capacity, delegating working teams and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts.

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Job Description

• The Pre-service Education Advisor will report to the Deputy Country Director and will provide technical guidance to support the integration of maternal, newborn and child health competencies with pre-service education at public and private medical training Institutions.
• The Advisor will provide support to the overall program strategy development, incorporating competency-based training techniques.
• The Advisor will lead the team in completing a task analysis to identity core MNCH competencies needed, based on national needs, and then review and develop curricula to integrate new competencies with didactic and clinical teaching.
• S/He will mentor partners in Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Schools of Health Technology in Ebonyi and Kogi states, and collaborate with them in developing the five-year plan for transfer of responsibility and implementation.
• The Training Advisor will coordinate the strengthening of faculty members and preceptors ability to deliver the new pee-service curricula for comprehensive MNCH care.
• The Advisor works closely with the other MCSP technical staff as well as the SMOH to ensure harmonization of implementation efforts.
• S/He ensures timely and cost-effected program implementation and reporting of activities.

Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the pm- service program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of Nigeria and the USAID
• Provide technical guidance and develop or review curricula and teaching approaches> using proven training approaches and quality improvement methodologies
• Provide training of trainers, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities
• Ensure the dissemination of revised curricula on integrated maternal, newborn and child health education through cascade training
• Mentor partner institution’s staff during training implementation
• Assist with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required by key activeness and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required
• Contribute/coordinate With program’s MitE of activities to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with national standards
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders, including
• FMOH/SMOH officials, professional associations, in-service training organizations and other USC funded programs 4or smooth implementation
• Work collaboratively with other program team members to ensure that necessary program planning, devel9ment resource availability and management. activities function smoothly and efficiently
• Work with the MCSP partners including the professional associations to include in dissemination activities
• Coordinate with the DPD for successful delivery of technical assistance and implementation of program activities
• Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with other partners
• Liaise with Jhpiego's Nigeria Technical Leadership Office on activity design

Management:

• Contribute to annual wont planning, training plans and quarterly reports
• Provide mentoring to institutional partners during implementation of activities based on the plan developed fun transfer of responsibility
• Lead the development of the five-year plan for transfer of responsibility and implementation to institutional partners
• Work collaboratively with program team and headquarters staff to assure proper program and financial reporting, spending and compliance with program terms and conditions
• Evaluate program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
• Promote and support the dissemination of the program’s best practices and lessons learned among the program team, key stakeholders, including the MOM, local partners, CDC and PEPFAR collaborators
• Liaise with in-service training partners to build ox materials developed and best practices
• Ensure quality program implementation consistent with Kenyas national health guidelines
• Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donors including progress and annual reports

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Clinical degree with post-graduate level training in public health
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience as a trainer
• A minimum f seven years of mid- to senior-level experience in designing and implementing large, complex, MNCH programs
• Technical expertise in pre-service education
• At least two years of experience living and working in Nigeria, including supporting implementation of state-level programs
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to public health programs In developing countries, with emphasis on MNCH programs
• Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
• Strong change management, results-oriented and decision making skills
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Fluency In English. Hausa language proficiency Is an advantage
• Experience and understanding of the IMNCH framework
• Experience in providing technical assistance to USG-financed programs
• Ability to travel within the state.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable programs
• Expertise in research to practice-identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
• A team player accustomed to building teem capacity, delegating working teams and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts.